Nelly McGovern
President
Nelly is a junior double-majoring in Sociology and Asian Studies. This is her third year on the team and her favorite dance is Smooth Foxtrot! When she’s not dancing (which is rare) she works at the library and is a member of Wolv-TV.
Emily Ward
Away competition chair
Emily is a junior studying Movement Science in the School of Kinesiology. This is her third year on the team, and her favorite dance is the International Foxtrot. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, playing cards, nerding out about comics, and rewatching the same movies a million times over. She is also a summer camp coach!
Owen Hoffend
Treasurer
Owen Hoffend (he/him/his) is a PhD student studying in Computer Science and Engineering. He grew up in Minnesota, but he now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area when not at UMich. Owen began dancing during his undergrad, and has been on UMBDT for 1 billion (1,000,000,000) semesters. Aside from dance, Owen enjoys cooking, playing piano, programming, video games, riding roller coasters, and various other hijinks. He’ll also gladly debate anything related to AI with you.
Nate Hodgson
Curriculum Chair
Nate is a Second-Year Master’s Student studying Sustainability and Energy Systems Engineering. He is from Mt. Clemens, MI. and this is his fifth year on the team. When he isn’t dancing, he enjoys learning languages, playing strategy video games, and solving crosswords. His favorite dance the American Foxtrot.
Chase Sirota
Recruitment Chair
After a long day studying Aerospace Engineering and working on his ever-deteriorating Latin technique, Chase Sirota often enjoys studying alcohol and it’s uses. This is something he is paid to do, not to be confused with his other hobbies like aimlessly setting a volleyball and blasting Bear Ghost while running over pedestrians who’ve been magically cursed to never use a crosswalk. His favorite books include but are not limited to Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”, Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”, and Maharishi Ved Vyasa’s “Bhagavad Gita”(Book 6 of The Mahabharata). Be sure to say ¡Hola! if you see him around campus!
Taryn Ryan
public relations Chair
Grant Clawson
practice space coordinator
Grant Clawson is a 5th Year Senior studying Spanish. He is from Rochester, MI, and this is his 4th semester on the team. In his free time, he enjoys studying linguistics, reading, and video games. His favorite dance is the Quickstep, where there is 1 step, and it is quick. Let us all thank Grant for his hard work in finding us a new practice space.
Jaxon Schraut
Technology Chair
Jaxon Schraut (he/him) is a Junior studying Cognitive Science and Computer Science. This is his second year on the team, and his favorite dances are Quickstep and Rumba. Outside of dance, he enjoys playing board/card/video games and will gladly talk to you about whatever game you want to make him try. He also likes goofing off with friends and teammates.